Dogs Sweep Mahoning County Jail

Vindy Staff | Posted June 14th 2011

For a brief time this week cells usually reserved for prisoners in the Mahoning County jail went to the dogs — highly trained and specialized dogs. K-9 officers and their prospective handlers from Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department, Youngstown, Boardman, Liberty, Canfield, McDonald and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification converged on the county jail with nose to the ground in search of illegal drugs and other contraband inside the facility.